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Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach

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Let me say that I am not a Doctor, I am not an expert on this at all. I am just going to tell you what happened to me this past week, and you can take it or leave it...

I was selling a house to a prospect, and in the course of talking to this gentleman I found out he was seventy six years old. This blew me away. This guy looked no more than fifty-five, I kid you not. I told him so. He laughed and said," Alot of people tell me that. Have you ever heard of a book called Life Extension?"

I told him that I hadn't.

He then told me that he got ahold of the book thirty years ago and has followed the regiman religiously for the past thirty years. I am telling you, this guy looks good. He has lived a very active life, and at the age of seventy six he is starting a new business!

This guy so impressed me that I am going to used bookstores looking for this book!

Yikes! How can this INFORMATIVE, WONDERFUL book be out of print? My father cured himself of non-Hodgkins lymphoma using this book and I now need to have a copy to send to my son who is ill. Why doesn't every household have a copy of this book? This book is decades ahead of the rest of the world. My brother and I initially laughed at my Dad(about 12 years ago) when he started to talk about "free radicals" but he made a believer out of us! A couple of years ago he told us to stop eating TRANS FATS and now the government has picked up on the dangers of trans fats and is starting to make food producers label the foods with "Contains Trans fat" rather than "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil". If anyone knows where to obtain a copy of this book, please e-mail me! Thanks

When I first read "Life Extension, APSA" in 1987, I knew that Pearson and Shaw were brilliant researchers who had spent the last 13 years of their lives studying the vitamins, minerals and amino acids that would greatly improve and extend life. Literally everything they had advised years ago has been proven to be true with later scientific research from "free radical" damage to developing the anti-oxidant formula. I gave their first book, after I had read it, to a friend with a terminal disease. I am now heartsick to find out that the book is out of print. It's a bible of prevention and cure. I have been following their "radical" plan for nearly 13 yrs. I am 53, beautiful, totally fit, feeling great and look a decade younger than I am. I am in excellent health, run races, and my doctors are always amazed at my lab work. But I do want my book back 'cause I want to live to be 100!

I too read this book in the eighties. Unfortunately, I loaned it to someone and it was never returned. I am sorry to see that it is no longer in print, I was hoping to get another copy. I have been interested in nutrition my entire life and have never found a book to be more informative. I hope the publishers will consider issuing another.

I bought this book in 1985 and was spellbound. I practiced life extension for about three years, and then drifted away. I just recently came back to the fold and am feeling better than I have in ten years. This is a great reference book chock full of info for keeping yourself healthy. For anyone to think different they must have blinders on or are very closed and narrrow minded.

This book is one of the most important of my library and I refer often to its contents. It is so appropiate and timely. The subject matter is consistently accurate with today's new revelations in medicine. I am a nurse and mother and find it fascinating that my children can have functioning thymus glands well into their adulthood which of course contributes to living to our genetic ages of well over 100!! There are so many validations with studies mentioned as well. This book you have to have.

I recomend this book to anyone who wants to improve their health. It is so thorough in its coverage on the subjects of nutrition, vitamins, supplements, lifestyles, accident prevention, the FDA, and supplement sources. Don't let the 1982 publishing date fool you, these guys did their homework and the information is still current. Thats why the book continues to fly of the shelves all these years later. Its funny, well written and reasearched, and a must read for anyone who eats! Believe me. I read it front to back, back to front, and middle out a dozen times over the last 2 years. It is so good! Does this sound like a rave review to you? Buy the book. Buy 2 books and give one to your best bud. I did. Thank you Durk and Sandy for your efforts! Now I need to find the companion.

I read this book in 1996-7. and spent much of a year comparing Durk's writings with current thoughts on nutrition. I was surprised with the depth of knowledge in this book and how much current nutritional books and magazines match the recommendations he made so many years ago. (and how many recommendations Sandy made so many years ago)--- My greatest wish would be for a updated version by Durk and Sandy adding all their knowledge on emerging supplements and medical trends. Ray H. Hayes, DDS

If you want the hardcore dope on vitamins, nutrients, prescription drugs, and aging, this is it, baby!

I have had this book since about 1984. I still reference it often. Is it out of date - yes, but still one of the best reference books on supplements out there.

Personally I would like to receive updates on Pearson and Shaw's health - along with pictures. That would be meaningful as to how all of their grand experimention actually played out.

The drug industry has changed dramatically since this book was written - I would love to see a fully updated version - with their thoughts on all of the latest drugs.

In any case, if for no other reason than the cheesiness of the book - if you know someone who wants to live forever get them this book - they will find it interesting.